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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Wakamatsu, Okazaki, JP;
Yutaka Fujiwara, Okazaki, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel filler lid device is capable of protrusion and movement and has a door hook which locks a fuel filler lid in a closed state by being urged in an extending direction by a spring and unlocks the fuel filler lid by being contracted/operated by a door motor. A wall portion that regulates extension of the door hook at a first position in a state locked by the door hook at a closed position is provided on the fuel filler lid. If a sensor detects that the door hook is at the first position for a predetermined time, it is determined that the fuel filler lid is in the closed state, while the sensor detects that the door hook is at a second position protruding more than the first position for a predetermined time, it is determined that the fuel filler lid is in an open state.